The Tudor Rose
“Oh no, Madam, I protest! Let me order silver ones,” exclaimed Jane Stafford, holding out the worn footgear destined for repair.
“Four pence for hemming up the bottom of my old blue kirtle. Eight pence each for the bargemen's wages. Ten shillings to the carpenter for making that music chest,” muttered Elizabeth, without looking up from the accounts before her. “But, my dear Jane, I cannot afford silver every day.”
Tom Stafford's sister regarded the diligently bent head of her mistress wi...th passionate devotion. “But the King can!” she ventured boldly.
Elizabeth laid down her quill and looked at her reprovingly.
“Will you not ask him, Madam?”
“Since you must know, Jane, I have just asked him for some more money. For my mother. And his Grace has increased her allowance almost to what it was before the Lambert Simnel affair. She is failing sadly and needs it.”MoreLess
“Four pence for hemming up the bottom of my old blue kirtle. Eight pence each for the bargemen's wages. Ten shillings to the carpenter for making that music chest,” muttered Elizabeth, without looking up from the accounts before her. “But, my dear Jane, I cannot afford silver every day.”
Tom Stafford's sister regarded the diligently bent head of her mistress wi...th passionate devotion. “But the King can!” she ventured boldly.
Elizabeth laid down her quill and looked at her reprovingly.
“Will you not ask him, Madam?”
“Since you must know, Jane, I have just asked him for some more money. For my mother. And his Grace has increased her allowance almost to what it was before the Lambert Simnel affair. She is failing sadly and needs it.”MoreLess
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